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252The extra ingredientBiology and Philosophy 36 (2): 1-4. 2021.Birch et. al. see their model as incompatible with higher-order-thought (HOT) theories of consciousness, on which a state is conscious if one is in some suitable way aware of that state. They see higher-order (HO) awareness as an “extra ingredient”. But since Birch et al go on to say that “[t]his is not the place for a detailed discussion of HOT theories,” they don’t address why they take HO awareness to be an extra ingredient or why HOT theorists are convinced that it’s needed. In this comme…Read more
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64Cognitive-emotional interactions: Listen to the brainIn Richard D. R. Lane, L. Nadel, G. L. Ahern, J. Allen & Alfred W. Kaszniak (eds.), Cognitive Neuroscience of Emotion, Oxford University Press. pp. 129--155. 2000.
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54Against HappinessColumbia University Press. 2023.The “happiness agenda” is a worldwide movement that claims that happiness is the highest good, happiness can be measured, and public policy should promote happiness. Against Happiness is a thorough and powerful critique of this program, revealing the flaws of its concept of happiness and advocating a renewed focus on equality and justice. Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, this book provides both theoretical and empirical analysis of the limitations of the happiness agenda. The aut…Read more
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46A Neuroscientist’s Perspective on Debates about the Nature of EmotionEmotion Review 4 (4): 375-379. 2012.The target articles by Dixon (2012), Scarantino (2012), and Mulligan and Scherer (2012) explore the nature of emotion from philosophical and psychological perspectives. I discuss how neuroscience can also contribute to debates about the nature of emotion. I focus on the aspects of emotion that usually fall within the topic of basic emotions, but conclude that we may need to revise how we conceive and study these kinds of emotional states in relation to the brain
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27Emotional circuits and computational neuroscienceIn M. Arbib (ed.), The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks, Mit Press. pp. 2. 2002.
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22The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious BrainsPhilosophical Psychology 36 (4): 704-715. 2023.The essence of who we are depends on our brains. They enable us to think, to feel joy and sorrow, communicate through speech, reflect on the moments of our lives, and to anticipate, plan for, and worry about our imagined futures. Although some of our abilities are comparatively new, key features of our behavior have deep roots that can be traced to the beginning of life. By following the story of behavior, step-by-step, over its roughly four-billion-year trajectory, we come to understand both ho…Read more
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13Deep history and beyond: a reply to commentatorsPhilosophical Psychology 36 (4): 756-766. 2023.The commentaries by Ren, de Carvalho, Gabriel, Reber and Baluška raise interesting and timely questions about the views I expressed in The Deep History of Ourselves. I begin my response with an Overview of my perspective, and how it has changed in the three years since publication. This is important since some of the commentators’ concerns may be assuaged by some of these points. Other specific issues raised by each commentator are addressed separately. I greatly appreciate the time and effort t…Read more
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13The Self: from Soul to Brain (edited book)New York Academy of Sciences. 2003.This work constitutes the proceedings of a New York Academy of Sciences conference held in September 2002. It seeks to take stock of understanding of the self and its relation to the brain, and consider future directions for scientific research in a multidisciplinary context.
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13Comment: What’s Basic About the Brain Mechanisms of Emotion?Emotion Review 6 (4): 318-320. 2014.While it is common to think that neuroscientists are proponents of basic emotions theory, this is not necessarily the case. My ideas, for example are more aligned with cognitive than basic emotions theories.
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8Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A leading neuroscientist offers a history of the evolution of the brain from unicellular organisms to the complexity of animals and human beings today Renowned neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux digs into the natural history of life on earth to provide a new perspective on the similarities between us and our ancestors in deep time. This page-turning survey of the whole of terrestrial evolution sheds new light on how nervous systems evol…Read more
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Emotions: How I've Looked for Them in the BrainIn Robert J. Russell (ed.), Neuroscience and the Person: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action, Center For Ttheology and the Natural Sciences. pp. 41--56. 2002.
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